Steel sled.



PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. VW. R. WILSON & C. E. HOWB.

STEEL SLED. MPL10-wrox FILED 1330.31. 1904.

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VILLIAM R. I/VILSON AND CHARLES E. HOVE, OF WABASH, INDIANA.

STEEL SLED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lc'atented April 10, 1906.

Application filed December 31, 1904. Serial No. 239,243.

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Be it known that we, WILLIAM R. WILSON and CHARLEs E. Howie, of /Vabash,county of I/Vabash, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain newand useful Steel Sled and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to so make a steel sled that the samemay be readily knocked down for shipment and can be packed in acomparatively small space for shipping and yet when put together will beas strong as a solid construction.

The nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sled. Eig. 2 is arear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse central vertical sectionthrough the sled at the front between the two side supports on a largescale.

perspective of the adjacent ends of the side supports separatedsomewhat.

In detail the drawings herein show runners 10, made of a small steelT-rail inverted. On each side of the upwardly-extending flange 11 ofsaid ruimer bars 12 and braces 13 are secured by the rivet 15. Said bar12 extends upward nearly verticallyT to about the height of the sled,then is bent inward horizontally to the middle of the sled. The brace 13extends diagonally up to the horizontal portion of the bar 12 and issecured to it by a rivet.

There are in the sled shown four of the bars 12 and four of the braces13, the same being arranged in oppositely-located pairs, as shown inFig. 2, one pair being located near the rear end of the sled and onepair toward the front of the sled. They are united, as shown in Figs. 2,3, and 4. 17 is the platform, consisting of a wooden board, and 18represents side rails made of steel and at 19 secured to the runners.

In assembling the parts the platform 17 is placed on the floor inverted,with the bolts 20 and 21 in place, but with the nuts removed. Then thesteel side supports heretofore described are inverted and placed on saidplatform, so that the bolts in the platform will extend through thecorresponding holes in the bars 12 and the braces 13. It will beperceived that the ends of the horizontalportions of the bars 12 extendto the bolt 20, that is in the platform. The inner upper end of onebrace 13 extends for some distance beyond the bolt 20, having a hole init through which said bolt passes, while the upper inner end of theother brace 13 likewise extends beyond the bolt 20, but is bent andshouldered at 22 to fit snugly against and overlapping the end of thecompanion brace, as seen in Fig. 2. The bolt 20 also extends through theoverlapping end of said brace. When the nut 23 is tightened, theplatform and its supports are secured firmly and strongly together. Nutsare also placed upon the bolts 21, and the connection between the siderails and the horizontal portion of the bars 12 is similarly made by therivets 24. I/Vhen the parts just described have been assembled, thecross-bar 25 is screwed in place on the front ends of the runners. It isthus seen that the support for the platform of this sled islongitudinally divisible in the middle and can be packed together forshipment and handling. When the parts are assembled, the projectinginner upper end of one brace 13 of each pairof supports enters and locksinto the space between the overlapping end of the corresponding braceand the inner end of the corresponding bar 12, as will be understoodfrom E ig. 4, so that the parts fit and lock snugly together and whenthe bolt 20 is in place will resist depression by a weight locatedcentrally on the sled and will also resist independent longitudinalstrain. In other words, the union is so strong and firm that the sled isas efficient as one not divisible.

In dividing the sled all that is necessary to do is to remove thecross-bar 25 in front from one side and take out thebolts 20 and 21. Theside rails 18 need not be removed, but are permanent parts of eachlongitudinal half of the sled-frame. While the bolt 2O is shownextending through the platform, it is obvious that the union between thetwo halves of the frame could be perfected by said bolt extending merelythrough the engaging members of said frame and not through the platform.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a sled, the combination with runners, of oppositely-locatedplatform-supports secured at the lower ends to the runners, saidplatform-supports meeting each other at the center of the sled and theadjacent part of one support being providedwitha socket into which aprojection from the opposite support extends, and a headed bolt,extending through the lower portion of the engaging parts of IOO IIO

said supports and against which the upper l the end of onebrace-shoulderabutting against portions of said engaging parts abut,for holdl the endof the other brace, and a nut on the ing thern together. l bolt forsecuring the parts together.

2. A sled with runners, a platform, a bolt 5 extending downward from theplatforimbars our signatures in the presence of the Witseoured to therunners extending up tothe nesses herein named.

platform and horizontalbT under the plat- WlLLAlWI R. WILSON. form tosaid bolt, braces secured to the run- CHARLES E. HOWE. ners and at theirupper ends secured to the Witnesses:

ro horizontal portions of said bars and having JAMES LUMAREE,

holes through Which said bolt extends and L. E. HEGEL.

ln Witness whereof We have hereunto alliXed

